Chapter 14: Hawks

Endeavor, as assumed, wasn't approving of his one and only intern ditching the internship to train with classmates when she could be training with him. That's why you're putting everything on the line just to keep your internship right about now. After some heavy bargaining, and knee deep training covered in blood and sweat, Endeavor agreed to continue to be your mentor if and only if you can successfully apprehend him in a brawl which isn't an easy feat with him being the new Number One and all. The previous condition was that you could land an attack on him... Now that deal was nowhere in reach.

"I technically rendered him immobile in our last fight. Sounds like that's all I need to do," you mumbled a whole load of nonsense while you paced about the locker room. The girls of Class 1. A. Watched uncomfortably as you stressed out over the fight to happen momentarily. They've know you to speak your mind but this is... Midoriya bad.

Momo's had enough of your stress. "Just take deep breaths in! Calm down," the ravenette had instructed and you followed her orders immediately. The warm air was sucked through your nostrils, and out the same way. If anything, this wasn't helping in the slightest. Now you're struggling to release the air from your lungs.

Even Uraraka couldn't deal with the stress of you stressing out. Emotions were like a disease to her. "What makes Endeavor any different than everyone else you've fought? Cause you've fought Bakugou... Multiple times... And he's the worst they come," Uraraka has fought Bakugou once herself and he didn't hold back anything. She thought death was calling her name.

"You've also fought Kaminari and Aizawa but also a serial killer too. Endeavor is just another person right?" Momo tried to reassure you.

"Wrong," you whined.

"How?" Momo and Uraraka asked in unison.

"I had nothing on the line when I fought everyone you listed... My entire future as a hero lies on this one fight. I brutally lost the first time. Now... Now I'm terrified," your lip and legs began to quiver. You didn't even need to point out that you're terrified cause your body screamed it!

You'd think that in all those fights you've had with Bakugou, Kaminari, Aizawa, and Zack where your life was quite literally on the line, that earning an internship through this fight would be nothing. Guess not...

Momo had her own doubts, but you weren't listening to either of them to ant degree. "I think I know what time it is," the ravenette sang sharing that mutual glance with her cheerful brunette.

"Ya have me," Uraraka found herself in the same state of defeat. "We both know she's not gonna listen to us."

"I'm so lost now..." You sighed.

"We've figured out that you'll only listen to Bakugou and Kirishima when it comes to these things," as expected, Momo still vividly remembers the day you ran ramped about the school last semester. Out of everyone who tried to calm you out of your fit of destruction, even her self, only Bakugou succeeded in doing so...

Now you didn't want to admit that Momo was right, "Not that I don't want to listen to you both... Nobodies advice is helping me right now," which is the truth to say the least.

Uraraka rolled her brilliant hazel eyes, "well girl, at this point you're on your own since Endeavor's waiting for you." And she just had to point that out...

"I hate how he had to come down to the school..." To fight Endeavor in front of your whole class was the most nerve racking thing to happen to you yet. Not only is your internship on the line but your confidence too. "But okay... Yeah... Better go hear what Kirishima and Bakugou has to say about this cause at this point I'll take anything I can get," you proceeded to leave the locker room whereas the remaining girls gave their all in the last minute confidence boosters. As much as you respected their efforts, they weren't much help. Nothing they said stood out enough. The thought of fighting Endeavor again after an embarrassing first defeat wasn't all that enlightening.

Even upon entering the new training facility, most of both hero classes were gathering in the bleachers while Endeavor, Aizawa and Toshinori stood conversing with one another in the middle of the battle field. Toshi wasn't in the best shape as Aizawa and Bakugou warned. He was tired, slumped over and had his arm in a sling. It's been a good couple of weeks since Toshinori erased All for One's existence from the earth yet it looks like he hasn't recovered at all. You'd hug the daylights out of him right now if you could but your cold feet was overpowering everything else.

Your eyes surveyed the wall of bleachers, past every face, until you found two frenzies of colored hair. The red and the blonde. Those two were nearly inseparable whenever you weren't around, which isn't a bad thing. In fact, you're glad Bakugou's finally moving out of his comfort zone and making friends for a change. Of course you're to blame for his new behavior, who isn't aware that you've told him on countless occassions to start making friends instead of enemies.

You waved at the boys from the opposite end of the gym, the entrance to the locker room hallway. Although Kirishima and Bakugou didn't notice your call for attention, Kaminari had to point it out. "Your girlfriend wants ya," the blonde poked Bakugou on the shoulder. That's when Bakugou's attention was shifted to you and he left without a word.

Although Bakugou's sight was always a cherry on top of your sundae, he doesn't look pleased. "What (Y/n)? I'm tired of waiting for you to beat Endeavor's ass," he spoke upon meeting up with you.

"I just wanted to talk to you real quick. I'm like... Scared," you let out a breath and ran a hand through your hair. Your heart was pounding in your ears and choking out your throat. Everyone's heard of stagefright, but have you ever heard of fight fright?

"You're never like this..." Bakugou shook his head.

"Everything's on the line, I'm so scared of losing again, maybe even dying-"

"Just get out there and beat his damned ass!" Bakugou shook you by the shoulders.

Well... Bakugou wasn't any help either...

"Screw it! I'm just gonna go out and fight him," You stomped away, right for the trio of pro heroes former and current all out of irritation alone. Nobody was helping!!!

Realizing his mistake, Bakugou ran to your side and spun you around. "Look, you know as much as I do that this fight is no different than you and Dabi. They're both assholes with a fire quirk. Yeah you never won against either of them but go out there and show him who's boss whether you win or not. I don't want to see you act like a pussy ever again," Bakugou knew. Maybe you weren't aware yet but he knew why you're so stricken with anxiety over this one fight.

There's this strange resemblance between Dabi and Endeavor that nobody can put down and here you are cowering in their shadows.

"As much as you don't like it... I think I should embrace my inner Ark again," you gripped your hands into a fist of shiny silver. "She's the girl that doesn't fear anything."

"You can be too, just quit being a pussy," Bakugou punched you in the shoulder and you did the same to him. Toughen the skin, toughed the attitude.

"I know that all you've said was 'quit being a pussy' but I understand the point. I'll try to beat thim but that's unlikely."

"You'll win," Bakugou began to walk away. "Lose and I'll take back my medal!"

"Not happening!" You sprang for Aizawa, Toshinori and Endeavor with the hope that winning will be the only outcome. Upon there, Toshinori was blown away by your eagerness to start the fight. "Hey dad! I wanna talk later. Right now I gotta prove I can beat you!" And Endeavor smirked.

"If it's anything like our last brawl you'll be better off dead," the towering man claimed.

"I've trained all week for this!" You claimed.

"Best not keep her waiting," Aizawa motioned for Toshinori to follow his lead to allow you both to fight. In which Endeavor was quick to make his beard of flames flare up like a firecracker as to taught you.

"You're dead little girl," Endeavor made an offensive stance.

"The second you can't move the victory is mine!" You didnt even wait for the go, you ran for Endeavor with your arms liquefying in preparation for both an attack from him but also an opportunity to attack him. He threw a ball of blinding white fire at you. Your arm was thrown up, taking the form of a circular steel shield. The fire clashed with the shield and exploded. You were unscathed and the shield still in-tact. Although burning hot, it still had a few attacks left on it!

You got the inspiration to use your quirk to conjure up weapons of metal from Momo. You've always found how she could create spears, shields and other weapons out of thin air to be mesmerizing.

Just have to get close enough to throw the shield at him or something. I only need to render him immobile... I did that the last time but I can't do something he already knows I can do. Clearly my metal can hold up to the heat of his fire but not for very long.

You also thought of how you trapped Bakugou in a metal box before. Maybe the same tactic could also trap Endeavor? So, you kept running towards Endeavor. The conjured shield protected your body from his many fiery attacks. You dragged your free hand across the ground as you circled the Pro, leaving a trail of silver wherever you went. Unfortunately, Endeavor didn't stay in his place and came after you instead. The first plan ruined, you commanded the pools of silver to just out from the ground like spikes and resumed the plan. Endeavor dodged the spikes with difficulty, even getting cut up in the process. Now you can officially say you've landed attacks on him!

Bakugou stood up from his seat in the crowd. You were doing a million times better than anyone would've expected. "Beat his ass!!!" He threw his fist up into the air.

Kirishima and Kaminari followed his lead. "You can beat him (Y/n)!!!" They cheered.

Even Todoroki found himself smiling out of pure joy to know someone was putting his father in his place and you were that someone.

Midoriya was aggressively taking notes within his notebook on this duel between student and pro. The boy of bushy green hair had also managed to talk Iida into recording the whole fight on his cell phone.

"Endeavor," you called after dodging a heavy swing of the fist.

"What?" He grunted.

"What if I can't immobilize you? Would defeating you also count towards a win too?" You dodged another hit, kicking him in the stomach but it looked like it dealt nothing.

"I'd be lying if I didn't say that I'm already impressed with your progress," he compliments you. The comment caught you off guard, and he nailed you in the face. The crowd booed Endeavor making groans and moans of pain to go alongside yours. The crowd of students were cheering you on and you alone.

Endeavor had backed away from all attacks since you hadn't moved for the better part of a minute face down upon the cemented ground. "Well," the man of flames clasped his hands together. "I was impressed."

"Fuckin cheap shot..." Bakugou grits his teeth.

"First time I've seen my daughter in months and she gets beaten..." Toshinori couldn't look at your unconscious frame any longer. He had such high hope for you but you fell through all because Endeavor had to be the big bad boy of the hero community.

Endeavor looked down upon you one last time, "you put up a good fight." He applauds you, then proceeds to step away but his feet refused to budge.

You had your hands gripped around the ankles of his boots, cementing them to the ground. You had to peer up to him, your eye all swollen. "I win..." You whimpered and all that Endeavor could do was smirk.

"Although I technically won the fight," Endeavor began. "You fulfilled the request."

"Fuck yeah she won!!!" Bakugou heard everything and jumped from the bleachers to help you to your feet. The metal you had ejected had been absorbed back into your body and well, your left eye couldn't see anything but black.

"I didn't beat his ass..." You sighed.

"You still won in my eyes," Bakugou picked you up and brought you to the bleachers to enjoy the rest of the day.

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Next week marked the day your real internship with Endeavor began. This gave you the time to recollect and let your black eye heal to some degree. Before heading out, Bakugou gave you a small hug and kiss goodbye since he won't be seeing you again until later tonight or tomorrow.

You buzzed the doorbell of the Todoroki estate as someone electronically unlocked the gate to let you within. Fuyumi, Shoto's only sister, had escorted you into Endeavor's private training area. The main lawn was still obliterated beyond repair from the last time...

"Good, you're wearing your true uniform today," Endevor looked up from his desk in the back of the large room. He was unusually cheerful today and his facial hair wasn't on fire for a change. This side of his is definitely better than his professional one.

"I'm gonna assume you won't be throwing fire at me today... That's why I'm in uniform," you puffed out your cheeks.

"I won't," he assured.

"That's... Refreshing."

Despite Endeavor's cheerful attitude, you could easily as he was making something else. "I have my partner out getting something I requested for you. He was supposed to be back an hour ago... You'll be working with him today," Endeavor explained and looked back down at the pile of paperwork on his desk. He's stressing out, probably annoyed, that's why he's masking his true emotions.

"I'M HERE!" The door of the room whipped open. This guy with the messiest blonde hair and enormous crimson wings fumbled in. His brown aviators jacket looked comfortable. He nearly dropped a metal briefcase as his wings were caught in the doorway. This man looked familiar somehow, then again he also doesn't. Actually, he looks kinda like Kaminari.

"You're the girl right?" The man pointed at you.

"The girl?" You cocked a brow.

"Yes Hawks she is," Endeavor snapped.

"Okay then here," the blonde shoved the briefcase into your possession. "I played with it a little bit before coming here... How come she gets the cool stuff Enji!?" The Male whined like a child yet he looked like he was a grown adult. Talk about failure to launch...

"Shut up and prepare to train her," Was all Endeavor had to say. Sounds like this Hawks guy was the problem even he couldn't get rid of. Sort of like Kirishima to Bakugou, they're like a disease you can't get rid of so easily.

You sat the briefcase on a nearby chair and opened it up. The scent of gasoline filled the air. There sat within was a mountain of black foam and in the middle was q specially formed indentation where two silver wrist braces of some sort sat. Your hands found one of the inventions, picking it up and put it on your right wrist. Hawks was nice and instructed you that it was put on upside down as this large rectangular casing was supposed to sit atop the arm, not underneath. There was two small holes in the front of the silver boxed brace. One had a sharp spike of some sort poking out of it, while the other hole was where the gasoline smell originated from.

"What is it?" You awed.

"Because you clearly don't have a fighting style, I asked a good man I know to craft you these wrist braces. They eject fire as well as a grappling hook allowing you to fight long ranges. Now, use Hawks as a human target and kill him if you can..." Endeavor death glared Hawks. The man laughed it off, but hurriedly shoved you out of the room as he knew better than to stick around and shut the door with yet another slam.

"He's been in a bad mood ever since I began working with him," the blonde spoke while scratching the back of his neck. "I'm Hawks though! I'm a pro-" his stomach rumbled loudly like a whale. "I haven't eaten yet today... Wanna hit a drive through for lunch after we train a little!?" Straight to the point and full of energy. You're beginning to wonder if this guy is always so jittery or if he's high or maybe even going through a sugar high.

"Sure... Sounds nice," you agreed to this little 'lunch date' and went ahead to the big lawn in the middle of the household. It's going to remain obliterated until your ultimate move has been created. While the wrist brace felt like a huge glove that hugged your forearm all snug, you had no idea how to work this contraption except for maybe the small red button on the side of index finger near the knuckle. Your thumb pushed the button, and the arrow-like spike shot out from your brace and stuck to the cieling of the estate within the second. All you could do is stare at the coil of wire that kept yourself and the arrow connected.

"That wasn't scary at all..." You were frozen in shock.

"Just wait!" Hawks jumped. "Press the button again and it'll come back. But if you HOLD the button, then FWOOSH!!!" Hawks cackled in laughter. So guess what you did? Held down the button. And just like what Hawks said, FWOOSH! The grappling hook's coil was doused in orange flames. Instinctively you pressed the button again to make the flames go away so instead the coil retracted. It was extinguished thankfully, but this weapon is scary as fuck!!!

"Y'know, Enji told me a way you could use that thing," Hawks pats you on the back.

"Tell me cause um... I'm about to give this thing back."

"He said for you to use your metal to create tracks like to redirect the coil and the fire. The guy who gave me this also had a metal quirk and gave me an demonstration," you stared at Hawks, extremely confused. "Want me to take you to him? Let's go for a flight!!!"

"Sure..." what else did you have to lose? Gotta learn how to use this new weapon somehow. "Let's go get lunch too while we're at it since you brought it up."

"Yay!!! I wanna get some chicken tendies."

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For the next two weeks, you've continued the internship with Endeavor when really it was an internship with Hawks but whatever... You've learned how to use the new weapon for the most part. You're also the only person to perfect the weapon since it's the only one in existence. The way that Hawks told you to use the weapon has now became your new fighting style: creating metal tracks, redirecting the the coil and dousing them in flames. They trap and injure the opponent without endangering their life.

Your class had also finished up the Provisional Liscense Exam and everybody passed!!! Bakugou and Todoroki came near close to failing due to fighting with other students but pulled through in the end. That meant it was time to return to class for good and prepare for the class Battle Royale.

With the return from the exam, Bakugou had so many mixed emotions right about now. He was extremely upset yet pissed off all at the same time over the exam over nearly failing it. "You got the easy way out Bitch..." Bakugou grumbled into your shoulder. For the better part of ten minutes he's been embracing you, trying not to cry into your shoulder. Bakugou hates losing more than anything and you were his comfort.

"Look on the bright side, you passed," you finally spoken up.

"The fights better start soon," the boy sniffled, removing himself from your shoulder. "I need to beat some ass to let off steam..."

"We all cope differently," you snickered.

"I know you're all still shaken up from the exam but we still have the battle royal to complete so if you all would pay attention the tree has been written up," Aizawa had a projection camera pulled out as the entire class roster was projected onto one of the gym walls. "I had no say in the positions of which you all start out but you all should still give Nezu and All Might your respect for pairing everyone up."

While you couldn't care less who everyone was paired to fight against, some stood out. Like Midoriya vs. Iida since it was two best friends going against one another. Tokoyami vs. Tsu since those two were always fighting together. But also Bakugou vs. Sero since they literally have nothing in common besides their friend group.

You were paired to fight against Todoroki first in which you're quite thrilled to fight him. You've never really had a full on fight against him just yet, why not now?

"I can finally use this," your smile stretched from ear to ear and you held out your new weapon for yourself to admire.

"Whatever it is, just win. I'm fighting you in the final just like we were supposed to in the sport festival," Bakugou really needed this fight with you. He just wants a full on fight where nothing is on the line. A fight just for sport and nothing else.

"Well," you sighed, reaching around your head to pull out the medal Bakugou had gifted you months before that lied hidden under your clothes. "I will fight you in the final... Whoever wins will get to keep the medal for real."

"I won that for you (Y/n)..." Bakugou closed up your hand holding the golden medal. He wasn't betting something that meant so much to you both.

"I believe we should compete for the medal again..." You admit, remembering the day Bakugou had given you that medal in the hospital as if it was yesterday. "Afterall, the day we became friends we fought... It was a draw. We fought again in the mountains and I refused to finish it. Finally, this fight will be the one to end them all."

"You two fight because you love each other and that's all that matters," Kirishima began to tear up.

"Really, I haven't seen a couple as perfect as you both," Kaminari awed.

"Fine... I'll fight to take back our Medal," Bakugou gave in.

"And I know just the guy who can hold onto this until one of us wins... OH HAWKS!!!"

"Hawks?" Bakugou cocked his head.

The blonde mentor with the elegant crimson wings flew in out of nowhere. "Oh my God is this the guy you always told me about Arky Ark?" Hawks was as chipper as ever.

"Bakugou this is Hawks... He's been mentoring me because Endeavor is lazy," Hawks nodded aggressively to agree. "I don't know why but he wants to watch our fight so... Yeah I want you to hold onto the medal," Bakugou just sort of let everything happen. He's so confused but that's also because Hawks is another annoying pest that he's afraid you'll drag into the friend group.

"So shiny!" Hawks took the medal off your hands. "Bye!!!" And he was gone as soon as he arrived.

"Todoroki and (Y/n) you're up first!" All Might announced.

"Bye guys, I'm gonna own him!"

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